From CBS News · · 1m 10s
Taliban spokesman faces post-9/11 questions
CBS News presses a Taliban spokesman on Afghanistan’s rule, hardship and ties with the U.S. 25 years after 9/11.
In brief
CBS News presses a Taliban spokesman on Afghanistan’s rule, hardship and ties with the U.S. 25 years after 9/11. The Taliban is trying to present control as stability, while Afghanistan still faces severe hardship, curtailed rights and unresolved U.S. disputes. Originally reported by CBS News.
A rare sit-down
CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab interviews Taliban spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi five years after the group retook power in Afghanistan.
“CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab sits down with Taliban spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi”
Peace claims tested
Balkhi is asked about the Taliban’s claim that it has brought peace and stability after decades of conflict.
“claims of peace and stability”
Hardship remains
The interview turns to Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, where daily life remains strained under Taliban rule.
“the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis”
Rights under pressure
Restrictions on women and girls are central to the conversation, a defining issue in how the Taliban is judged abroad.
“restrictions on women and girls”
U.S. disputes linger
Tyab also raises U.S. military hardware, frozen Afghan assets and what future relations between Washington and Kabul could look like.
“frozen assets, future U.S.-Afghanistan relations”
War’s long shadow
The discussion ends against the weight of two decades of war and the unanswered lessons left since 9/11.
“lessons from two decades of war”
The short version
The Taliban is trying to present control as stability, while Afghanistan still faces severe hardship, curtailed rights and unresolved U.S. disputes.
